Liver transplantation from controlled non-heartbeating donors: An increased incidence of biliary complications

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1659-1663

  Abt, Peter ^a   Crawford, Michael ^a   Desai, Niraj ^a   Markmann, James ^a   Olthoff, Kim ^a   Shaked, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART BEAT; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038012539     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000062574.18648.7C     Document Type: Article

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